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The Burden of Disease of Air Pollution: New Challenges for the Region of the Americas The Burden of Disease of Air Pollution: New Challenges for the Region of the Americas Special Program on Sustainable Development and Health Equity (SDE - PAHO/WHO) and the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) 25 March 2014

2 Luiz Augusto Galvão SDE, PAHO/WHO Maria P. Neira, WHO Mara Angélica Murillo Correa UNEP - LAC Paulo Artaxo USP, Brazil Horacio Riojas-Rodríguez INS, Mexico

PM10 and PM2.5 standards in some countries in the Americas and the WHO Air Quality Guidelines 3 PM10(µg/m³)PM2.5(µg/m³) 24hrYearly24hrYearly WHO* EPA-US150NA3515 México* Buenos Aires* Bolivia*15050 Brazil*15050 Chile*15050 Colombia Ecuador* Perú*

PM 10 in selected cities in the Americas Source: PAHO/WHO. The Environment and Human Security. In Chapter III, Health in the Americas, 2012

% Population using solid fuels, Source: elaborated from data provided by Bonjour S et al., 2013 % SFU

6 Countries with highest percentage of population with,SFU in 1990 in Latin America and the Caribbean, trends % SFU in HAI, GUT & PAR has not been modified between 1990 and 2010 Source: elaborated from data provided by Bonjour S et al., 2013 Countries > 50% de SFU in 1990: Trends

Agnes Soares da Silva, MD, MPH Regional Advisor, Environmental Epidemiology SDE, OPS/OMS 7